Seattle Seahawks Star Jaxon Smith-Njigba continues to solidify his status as one of the top wide receivers in the NFL, thanks to his production in October.
Smith-Njigba made a considerable mark in just three games, catching 24 passes for 417 yards and three touchdowns. The Ohio State product recorded at least eight receptions, 100 receiving yards, and a touchdown in every one of those contests.
Through eight weeks, Smith-Njigba leads the NFL with 819 receiving yards, accounting for a league-high 46.3 percent of the Seahawks’ total offense this season, per NFL.com. As a result, the league announced on October 30 that the third-year wideout is the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for October.
Furthermore, the production from Smith-Njigba has put him in elite company. Only the 23-year-old and Isaac Bruce have reached 800 receiving yards in their first seven games of a season at age 24 or younger in the Super Bowl era.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba Earns Praise for Production
During an October 21 appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” former NFL player Darius Butler praised Smith-Njigba for his impressive performance this season, which has seen him rise to the moment and be the Seahawks’ No. 1 receiver after trading away DK Metcalf in the offseason.
“He’s been the best receiver in football this season,” Butler said. “His connection with Sam Darnold—there were questions about whether Darnold was kind of a one-hit wonder in Minnesota—would it work in Seattle? Moving on from Geno [Smith], he’s been tremendous in this Klint Kubiak offense.
“[Darnold] came into this game leading the league in play-action passes, and the numbers with him throwing specifically to JSN are unbelievable. He broke the game open, and they jumped out to a 14-0 lead against the Houston Texans… You know, [No.] 11 is special. He’s been special. And that offense, just Sam Darnold, how he’s operating that offense in general. I only expect him to continue to get better.”
Seahawks Aren’t Surprised by Jaxon Smith-Njigba
While Smith-Njigba is attracting widespread attention from NFL media for his impressive production this season, his standing as one of the top wide receivers isn’t a surprise to his Seahawks teammates, who recognize the exceptional talent they have in him.
“It’s not an easy thing to do what he’s been doing knowing that we come into games with opportunities for him to get the ball at all three levels, and defenses know that he’s going to be a target,” Cooper Kupp said in an ESPN article published on October 12.
“To consistently win over and over again when a defense, you know, is planning on trying to take him out of a game, it speaks volumes. It just shows the ability in the route running and being able to understand the offense well enough to be able to move around and be in different spots. He’s doing a really good job. He’s a really good football player.”
Smith-Njigba will look to continue this impressive run heading into November. The Seahawks’ first game of the new month will be against the Washington Commanders and Sunday Night Football, meaning more of the country will see how special a talent Smith-Njigba is for Seattle.
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